Doug Duran

I have been a staff photojournalist for 22 years. Before becoming a staff photojournalist, I attended a community college and then San Jose State, where I majored in photojournalism. For 17 years I have been the Vice President/Still Contest Director for the San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association. I also give back to the community I work in by participating in the yearly Iron Horse Middle School career day in San Ramon, and by speaking at a local photography club. Over the years I have won awards for my sports, news and feature photos.

In preparation for the coming storm, Tim Griego, with the Pleasanton Public Works Department, uses a leaf blower to clear the leaves from the lawn at Lions Wayside Park in Pleasanton, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. A series of storms may drop as much as 10 to 12 inches of rain through the weekend. (Doug Duran/Staff)

As the sunsets, Alhambra High School cheerleaders are lifted into the air by fellow cheerleaders during practice at the football field in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The fifty three member cheer squad is practicing a routine for their first football game against College Park High on August 24th. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Using a toy, shaking keys and a mother's smile, May Moreland, of San Jose, coaxes her 10-month old son Jackson Moreland to the finish line during the Diaper Derby held at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, July 6, 2012. Jackson went on to take 1st place in his heat. (Doug Duran/Staff)

California Golden Bears' wide receiver Chris Harper, left, makes a one-handed catch for a first down as Washington Huskies' cornerback Desmond Trufant (6) looks on in the first quarter of their football game held at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)

With the flag at half mast and the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District Honor-Color Guard standing at attention, doves are released during the playing of the National Anthem at the 911 Remembrance Service held at the All Wars Memorial in Oak Hill Park in Danville, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. The service was held by the Exchange Club of San Ramon Valley in cooperation with the Town of Danville. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Bubba Jay Foscalina, of Cottonwood, Calif., is trapped under the bull "Show Stopper" after falling of the bull during the 93rd Annual Livermore Rodeo's bull riding competition. (Doug Duran/Staff)

The windmills on the hilltops on the Altamont Pass at sunset seen from Byron, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Silhouetted by car headlights, Gianna Donaghy, 15, of Livermore, dressed as the Cat in the Hat, walks down Village Drive while trick-or-treating in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Standing atop a bridge overlooking the G&M Farms cornfield maze, from left, Lauren Jarvis, 14, Carsyn Thompson, 10, Alysha DeLange, 17, and Cole Thompson 17, all of San Ramon, try to find their way out of the corn maze in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Cal's #15 defensive back Bryant Nnabuife, left, and teammate #11 defensive back Sean Cattouse, right, both try to block a first down pass to Stanford's #89 wide receiver Doug Baldwin, in the second quarter of their football game held at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., on on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2010. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Royal Scots Renaissance Faire Guild member, Kim Silverman, of Mountain View, sets up a video projector after the closing of the first day of the 147th Scottish Highland Gathering & Games held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Jaxen Gurley, 11, of Pleasanton, left, and his dad Adam Gurley, play with their Star Wars Lightsabers at Delucchi Park in Pleasanton, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. After sundown the pair, who live near the downtown park, often spend some time having choreographed lightsaber battles. (Doug Duran/Staff)

With the reflection of his players in his sunglasses, Valley Christian High's football coach John Parrella talks to his team after practice in Dublin, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)

With a playground floodlight on in the background, Mount Diablo Astronomical Society member Tom Boltz, of Pleasant Hill, left, looks through his 18-inch dobsonian telescope to make some adjustments at the Hidden Valley Elementary School's annual science fair in Martinez, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Boltz, and other members of the Mount Diablo Astronomical Society let students and parents attending the science fair look through their telescopes, and also answered questions about astronomy. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Central Catholic High cheerleaders, from left, Emily McElrath, Amanda Mayberry, Araceli Ojeda, Mia Lyons, and Catherine Speaker cheer on their team during their CIF Division IV North regional championship game against McClymonds High held in Stockton, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Central Catholic High went on to win the game 42-12. (Doug Duran/Staff)

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A carnival ferris wheel spins in the foreground during the Alameda County Fair fireworks show in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, July 2, 2010. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Marylou Kenner, of Tracy, Calif., holds a candle lit photo of missing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, during a candlelight vigil for Cantu, at the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park in Tracy, Calif., on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Cantu, was last seen on Friday, March 27, 2009. (Doug Duran/Staff)

St. Mary's High's #21 David Thomas, right, celebrates with teammates after winning their California Interscholastic Federation Northern regional Division IV championship game against Salesian High in Folsom, Calif., on Saturday, March 20, 2010. (Doug Duran/Staff)